Recent posts
-
Local Connections
One Comment Can Net $500 for Mother Nature
Patch is running a contest over the next week in which readers nominate an environmental nonprofit and the winning organization will receive a $500 donation to an environmental charity. &...
-
Volunteers in the News
Women's Club Continues Fashion Show Tradition
The Oakton Women's Club hosted nearly 150 women at the annual fashion show and luncheon at the Country Club of Fairfax on April 18, continuing a tradition that dates back decades. Th...
-
Government
Earth Day Events Across the Region
Many organizations are collaborating to provide Earth Day opportunities in Fairfax County and the Washington, D.C., area. Events and activities are listed here by date and time. Sund...
-
Government
Hundreds Turn Out at Reagan to See Discovery
Heather Manoogian and her four daughters joined hundreds of others from the Washington area to get a glimpse of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The shuttle will now call the Smithsonian...
-
The Neighborhood Files
Photos: Easter Egg Hunt At Nottoway Park
Families kicked off the Easter weekend with an egg hunt at Nottoway Park. Children ages one to nine hunted for eggs, candy and Easter toys. Special prize drawings were done by a...
-
Business
Sun Gazette Parent Company Sold
American Community Newspapers LLC, the parent company of the Sun Gazette and several other local publications, sold its Northern Virginia division to the Texas-based HPR Hemlock on Tuesda...
-
Government
March 19-25: Thoreau Middle Mourns Loss of Student
Students returning to Thoreau Middle School last week were told they'd lost a classmate and a friend over the weekend. A 56-year-old man from the Ashburn area died Tuesday after his ...
-
Government
Keam Optimistic Lawmakers Will Adopt Budget Soon
Mark Keam shined some light on a dreary Saturday morning for constituents at the Vienna Town Hall Chambers. The 35th District delegate brought news of a likely budget after the Gener...
